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Slack and Sanger Among First Texas lawyers to Receive New Aviation Law Certification Austin, Texas – Slack Davis is pleased to announce that Michael L. Slack and Ladd C. Sanger have received Board Certification in Aviation Law from the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. This achievement sets the two apart in Aviation Law, as only…
Slack Davis Aviation Expert Suggests Timing and Association of Skydiver Jumps Likely to be a Key Investigative Focus Austin, Texas – Now that the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigative team is on scene, new information is emerging regarding the January 14, 2024, fatal hot air balloon accident near Phoenix, Arizona. In that accident,…
Aviation experts weigh in on the latest in a series of turbulence incidents which have resulted in injuries to passengers and crew members Austin, Texas – A Delta flight, carrying 151 passengers and 14 crew members, hit severe turbulence on Tuesday as it was approaching Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, sending 11 people to the…
August 3, 2023 — Slack Davis, LLP attorney Ladd C. Sanger was recently recognized by Best Lawyers as the 2024 “Lawyer of the Year” for Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs. Only a single lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area is honored as the “Lawyer of the Year,” making this a significant…
Texas-based firm has forged an international practice navigating complex personal injury cases Founded August 1, 1993, Slack Davis has been helping clients nationally and internationally, navigate and win their catastrophic personal injury and death cases. The firm, co-founded by Mike Slack and his late partners Tom Davis and Mike Davis, remains dedicated to its…
Four years ago, over a thousand planes were registered in a tiny East Texas town. Why would there be more planes registered in Onalaska, a town with no airport, than in cities like Seattle or San Antonio? In the United States, there is a legal loophole that allows foreigners to register their planes anonymously.…
The Hagler Institute for Advanced Study recently announced that A&M President Dr. Katherine Banks has appointed Michael L. Slack, of Austin, to its external advisory board. The external advisory board provides guidance, advice, and recommendations to the Hagler Institute. Established in 2010 by the Texas A&M University System Board of Regents, The Hagler Institute for…
Attorneys at the law firm of Slack Davis have been following the Nevada crash of a Pilatus PC-12, which occurred on February 24. Friday’s fatal flight originated in Reno, Nevada, and was en route to Salt Lake City with a patient, a family member, two medical crew members, and a pilot. The National Transportation Safety…
Judge enters order certifying the classes in blood-pressure drug litigation This week, the Honorable U.S. District Judge Robert Kugler, entered a 97-page order certifying valsartan-related consumer and insurer economic loss and medical monitoring classes against the manufacturer, retail pharmacy, and wholesaler defendants in this multi-district litigation (MDL) that arose from the 2018-2019 recalls of…
Slack Davis represents more than a dozen clients in class-action suit Today a federal appeals court rejected Johnson & Johnson’s strategy to resolve the multibillion-dollar litigation over claims its talc products cause cancer. The U.S. 3rd Circuit of Appeals in Philadelphia removed from bankruptcy the company’s LTL Management unit, which was facing more than 35,000…